On my second week with the USGS, we worked in the office on Monday, then headed to Mojave National Preserve (about 2.5 hours south of Las Vegas) for the rest of the week.
We camped in Mid Hills Campground in the Pinyon-Juniper Woodland at about 4,500 feet elevation. The area burned in the 71,000-acre Hackberry Fire in June 2005. Most of the campground burned, but there were a few campsites with trees, and we got one of them.
Our commute (left) went through part of the burn area. We worked 11- and 12-hour days, so there was little time left in the evening for anything other than eating dinner and going to bed. We forgot part of the stove, so we had cold meals all week. |